The Arab League on Thursday condemned Brazil's opening of a trade office in the contested city of Jerusalem, warning the move will "seriously damage" Brazil's political and economic interests in the Arab world.
At an emergency meeting convened in Cairo, representatives from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq, among other states, criticized Brazil's move as a violation of international law and voiced their continued support for Palestinian claims to the divided city.
In a statement, the council said that such a "negative change in Brazilian foreign policy toward Palestinians would seriously damage Arab-Brazilian shared political, economic and diplomatic interests," though did not offer specifics.
It expressed "deep regret" that the Brazilian government had reversed its decades-long Mideast policy.